Harboursandports.com.Lagos: Ports & Cargo Handling Services
Limited, the flagship company of SIFAX Group and concessionaire of Terminal C,
Tin Can Island Port, Apapa, Lagos, has added a new client to its growing
clientele list.
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Grudinel Cagatan, Chief Officer, Hapag Lloyd; John Trafiero, Master, Hapag Lloyd; John Jenkins, Managing Director, Ports & Cargo Handling Services Limited and Harrison Evbonaye, Operations Manager, Ports & Cargo Handling Services Limited during the maiden call of Hapag Lloyd’s Liner (Navious Azure) to Ports & Cargo terminal recently.
The latest client added is the Hapag
Lloyd AG Limited. It is a German international shipping and container
transportation company which is the world’s fifth largest container carrier in
terms of vessel capacity. The shipping line made this call at the terminal recently
with one of its largest vessel, Navious Azure, a container ship built in 2007
with gross tonnage of 39,906 tonnes and length overall of 260.5m.
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Front row from left: John Trafiero, Master, Hapag Lloyd; Susan Akioya, Personal Assistant to MD, Ports & Caro; John Jenkins, Managing Director, Ports & Cargo Handling Services Limited. Back row from right- Harrison Evbonaye, Operations Manager, Ports & Cargo Handling Services Limited and other members of Hapag Lloyd’s Navious Azure Line during the vessel’s maiden call to Ports & Cargo Handling Services Limited, the flagship company of SIFAX Group.
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In welcoming the vessel’s crew to the
terminal, Mr. John Jenkins, Managing Director, Ports & Cargo Handling
Services Limited, expressed the company’s delight at the vessel’s maiden call,
adding that the development is a proof of the terminal’s readiness to provide
cutting-edge port terminal services to more clients.
He said: “We are excited to have this
ship berth at our terminal today. We are delighted that Hapag Lloyd, which is
one the world’s largest ocean shipping fleet owners, prefers
our terminal for their operations and the shipping line will call frequently at
this terminal.
“This business relationship
with Hapag Lloyd is one of several partnerships we have been working on in the
past few months. This new wave of patronage is a result of the massive
investment we have made both in modern equipment, quality personnel and
improved processes over the years. All these have translated in better service
delivery, which is what an average client wants.”
Captain John Trafiero, responded on behalf of
the vessels crew members and he was overwhelmed by the generosity and excellent
service provided by the company, he expressed his joy at berthing at one of
Africa’s prime ports.
“This is a resounding welcome we have
received here today and it would stick in our memories wherever we sail to.
Though we are sailing back very soon, my crew and I cannot wait to be back here
again,” he concluded.
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| The Side View of the Vessel |
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